Maglev Aero unveils its ultra quiet revolutionary eVTOL propulsion system
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flying cars seem to be a way off still but eVTOL aircraft are popping up everywhere so companies are working on ever better propulsion systems for them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Virgin Galactic blasts into commercial service with first space passenger paying flight
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The cost of accessing space is falling by multiples, and that means space tourism is getting cheaper and more realistic. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
GE resurrects the turbo prop to cut aircraft fuel consumption by 20 percent
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sometimes old technologies modernised are better than the latest bleeding edge innovations, and this is yet another example. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. As...
Mercedes adds ChatGPT to its infotainment system
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF On the one hand the company is following the hype train, and on the other they’re hoping it might actually be useful … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
China’s Mach 30 hypersonic wind tunnel harnesses the power of explosions
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of aviation and military aircraft, drones, and weapons systems, is hypersonic and China have the world’s fastest and most powerful wind tunnel to create the future of all these systems. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
This $130 Million Hyperloop Hotel lets you take your hotel room with you
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As transport becomes autonomous, and vehicles become pods, it opens the door to new form factors and ways of travelling. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Elon Musk targets full global energy transition with Master Plan 3
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is at the beginning of a massive energy transition, and Musk wants his companies to play a central role. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Chicago O’Hare International and UA plan to launch flying taxi services from 2025
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why take taxis through congested city streets when you can just fly to your final destination? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A while ago...
Tesla’s first fully loaded electric Class-8 Semi completes its first 500 mile trip
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 500 miles is the sweet spot for trucking because truckers have to stop every 8 hours, and this is a major achievement. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Cruise’s self-driving cars clock up over 1 million miles with noone behind the wheel
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of self-driving vehicles doesn’t involve a human driver, so companies are trying to perfect their autonomous systems. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
This hybrid Chinese drone soars like a bird and swims like a fish
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Multi-biome drones could have some very interesting applications, especially in the military … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. You’re used to seeing drones crossing...
Hermeus’s first of a kind Chimera engine switches from supersonic to hypersonic
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF So far noone has cracked the ability to switch an engine from supersonic to hypersonic. That’s now solved. Let the hypersonic era commence! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Electric vehicles could meet almost all grid scale storage demands by 2030 study says
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Grid scale storage to balance the energy demands of grids requires massive investment, but what if consumers shouldered almost all of it? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Jetopera’s bladeless eVTOL aircraft targets 0.8 Mach
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bladeless VTOL aircraft make a lot more sense than prop based ones, but getting the technology right is very hard. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
In a world first scientists used AI and a quantum computer to simulate an actual wormhole
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Who wouldn’t love to jump between blackholes to travel between dimensions and across time? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Wormholes have been a science...
Volkswagen announces plans to create a hydrogen car with a 2,000km range
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While most companies are betting big on electric vehicles some are now spreading their bets just in case. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Volkswagen,...
Rolls Royce successfully runs a converted aircraft engine on Hydrogen
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you want to decarbonise air travel then you need new, or modified engines, that can run on new fuels like Hydrogen. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
The world’s first tunnel dug by an autonomous robot swarm was just completed in the UK
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today digging tunnels is slow – as slow as a snail – but this new method makes it exponentially faster and cheaper opening up all manner of possibilities. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Part aircraft part train this electric Hyperloop could travel at over Mach 1
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New forms of transport are emerging all the time, and many have bold claims, so we’ll see how this one plays out. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
An autonomous Blackhawk just successfully completed its first mock rescue mission
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Helicopter crews in war time are put at high risk during search and rescue operations but now an autonomous Blackhawk could see pilots grounded. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
